GENERAL VEERS (AT-AT COMMANDER)
The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch single figure
Item No.: Asst. F6878 No. G2603
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: #392
Includes: Blaster, helmet
Action Feature: n/a
Retail: $19.99
Availability: March 2026
Appearances: The Empire Strikes Back
Bio: The capable General Veers led the Empire’s AT-AT pilots, who controlled massive four-footed assault vehicles in combat against Rebel targets. (Taken from the single-figure packaging.)
Image: Adam's photo lab.
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Commentary: Like Greedo, I was kind of ho-hum about revisiting
General Veers because we had a pretty good
AT-AT Commander [FOTD #1,715] from 2010. He had a removable hat, goggles, and armor. There was also a very good
The Saga Collection General Veers [FOTD #619] in 2006, but given secondary market prices and improvements? It's hard to beat this new one, even if he doesn't have removable armor.
So, what's good here? Almost everything. His construction shares arms and legs with multiple Imperials, with hands that vary from figure to figure. I had Krennic on my desk, and Krennic's left hand is different than Veers' - but the arms and legs are otherwise very similar. Veers' chest and "skirt" are new pieces with molded-on armor, as is his head and helmet. Thanks to the parts reuse, you know the joints are all pretty good and he stands perfectly well. He doesn't sit particularly well, so this is one of those figures where I'd say Hasbro could have gotten away with 1-piece legs and I wouldn't be disappointed. All he's going to do is stand on a shelf or stand in an AT-AT. The only thing that feels missing is his chin strap and tiny microphone, annoyingly giving Hasbro a reason to go back and do him again some day.
The armor color is probably right. It's always weird looking back at the movie and reference photography, because we've seen green Tarkins and there are some green-tinted Veers shots too. Teach the controversy, I guess. If it were 2007 or 2008 I would expect a deco variant in a multipack with some Snowtroopers so fans could get both, but I think that era is long behind us. Assuming you do not find fault with the colors Hasbro selected, as they are arguably open to interpretation, I would say that they did a good job here. The cloth parts look like cloth, the armor looks like plastic/metal/plasteel. Texturally, it's very good, and his helmet has the goggles stuck to them. I think this was the right move, as some Hoth troopers tried to do separate goggles and I don't like how they turned out. I think I would've preferred Hasbro to just mold everything to the head, and include the chin strap, when it comes to his "pilot" outfit. But, it's fine. At this size, a chin strap and microphone are likely to go missed by collectors unless they hold the figure up to the movie and go "hey, wait a minute." There are subtle differences in his uniform collar from the movie, but his chin will hide those so it's not of any great importance.
Hasbro opted to include a removable helmet, which means you get a frankly upsetting portrait of Julian Glover. Yes, Donavan from
Indiana Jones. Yes, Scaroth from an excellent arc of
Doctor Who. I assume Hasbro had some tip-top reference for him from
Indiana Jones, as he looks a tiny bit older than the
Star Wars look with - and maybe it's my imagination - less color in his hair. He's usually got his hat on, though, so it's up for debate - but what's undebatable is that it's an amazing face. Hasbro has really struggled to get perfect head sculpts of Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill... but Peter Cushing? Nailed it. Julian Glover? Perfect. There's nothing about it that seems off. Hasbro's head sculpt looks a lot like its 6-inch
The Black Series figure. The face is perfect. The forehead wrinkles? Perfect. The slight hint of a scowl, it's all here. Other than making his eyebrows and hair a little browner, I wouldn't change a thing. It doesn't need to be this good, yet it is. Given that he's $20, I guess maybe he
does need to be nearly perfect.
The door is open for another armor-less Veers, especially since Hasbro probably has all of the parts to cobble one together now. You'll want that too, if it comes to pass.
I have no doubt you have an AT-AT Commander or General Veers that you own and are fine with. This one is better. If you are happy with the figure you own, which you probably have not looked at in ten or fifteen years, you probably don't need this one. If the non-removable armor makes you cranky, don't buy the new one. Having said that, this outfit fits better. This head sculpt is dynamite. I wouldn't mind a black cardback variant to riff on the Sears Canada version, maybe even in Kenner colors, if they were up for it. But this'll do, and I once again say that there's arguably no reason for Hasbro to ever do another armored Veers figure in our lifetimes.
Collector's Notes: I got mine from Entertainment Earth. As of my writing this, he's a Fan Channel / Amazon exclusive. I'm hoping they put him into wider release for the anniversary next year.
--Adam Pawlus
Day 3,331: March 26, 2026
